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Defining the frequency of human papillomavirus and polyomavirus infection in urothelial bladder tumours
20 Jul 2018
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Abstract Given the contradictory nature of the literature regarding the role of human papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses in the pathogenesis of urothelial bladder cancer (UBC), we sought to investigate the frequency of their involvement in a large cohort of primary UBCs. DNA was extracted from 689 fresh-frozen UBC tissues and screened for the presence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 and...
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